
There are signs that the UK rental market will turn in 2024. Rents are reaching the maximum affordable price and rental demand is starting to slow.

There are signs that the UK rental market will turn in 2024. Rents are reaching the maximum affordable price and rental demand is starting to slow.

Rents continue to rise across the UK, as Scotland overtakes London with the steepest hikes in rental inflation.

Nearly a third of landlords are being hit by higher mortgage rates, risking a further squeeze on the number of rental homes available.

Annual rental inflation for new lets is up 10.4% year-on-year, with rents taking up the highest proportion of earnings in a decade at 28%. Meanwhile, 51% of landlord sales are happening in London and the South East.

Six out of 10 landlords are in favour of the introduction of the Decent Homes Standard, the biggest shake up in the private rented sector for 30 years.

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There's a chronic lack of rented homes available and rents are rising fast. Why is this happening and when will things improve?

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